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Beyond Procrastination

By dave

Procrastination   has met its match:

A  book  that  offers  realistic  and  practical  solutions  to
procrastination  relying  on  tested  behavioral  tools  rather  than
shaming.

Twenty  percent  of  Americans  are  chronic  “procrastinators”  and  a  study
among  college  students  has  found  that  up  to  95%  have  problems  associated
with  procrastination.  If  that  isn’t  bad  enough,  research  has  found  that
procrastination  can  adversely  affect  heart  health.

Beyond  Procrastination:  How  to  Stop  Postponing  your  Life  (FreshLife
Coaching),  the  latest  book  by  certified  life  coach  and  sociologist,  Renate
Reimann,  PHD,  gets  to  the  root  causes  of  procrastination  by  helping  readers
discover  their  triggers  for  delaying.  She  then  lays  out  proven  methods  for
dealing  with  those  triggers.  Exercises  and  checklists  personalize  each  reader’s
experience.  And  for  those  with  short  attentions  spans,  she  offers  quick  tricks
that  can  yield  immediate  results.

Throughout  the  book  Dr.  Reimann  encourages  readers  to  let  go  of  any  guilt
they  may  feel  because  they  sometimes  procrastinate.  Feeling ashamed  only
hastens  the  downward  postponement  spiral.  For  similar  reasons,  she  doesn’t
believe  that  labels  like  “procrastinator”  are  helpful  or  accurate.  When  thinking
of  oneself  as  a  procrastinator,  the  focus  is  on  one’s  personality  rather  than  the
concrete  delay  issues  which  makes  it  harder  to  overcome  procrastination.

In  addition  to  much  discussed  practical  reasons  for  procrastination  such  as  time
management  and  organization,  and  hot  button  psychological  causes  for
postponement  such  as  fear  and  anger,  Dr.  Reimann  also  dives  into  socio­-
cultural  explanations  of  why  we  procrastinate  more  than  ever.  Expectations  of
always  being  up  to  date,  endlessly  competing  at  home  and  abroad  and  working
during  and  after  hours,  take  their  toll.  Many  of  us  use  procrastination  to  escape
that  pressure.  Ironically,  devices  like  smartphones  that  add  to  our  sense  of
feeling  overwhelmed,  are  also  the  ones  that  constantly  invite  us  to
procrastinate,  checking  social  media  sites,  surfing  the  web  and  playing  games.

Readers  will  also  learn  how  to:
• Reclaim  their  time
• Recognize  when  they  get  stuck
• Use  enjoyable  activities  to  break  procrastination
• Implement  sustainable  behaviors  that  eliminate  delays

Beyond  Procrastination  is  an  excellent  tool  for  all  ages  that  nurtures  while  it
guides  readers  toward  overcoming  delays  and  achieving  their  goals.

www.freshlifecoaching.com

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Simple Strategies for Great Conversations

By dave

Communication coach Marvin Brown credits his own gift for gab with helping to land what was then the largest mutual fund sale in the history of the financial services industry. Now he teaches others how to win people over with words. He’s written a new book loaded with fresh tips and strategies to help people navigate through challenging, awkward, and potentially life-changing conversations.

Most people fear meeting and talking to strangers. The problem is they don’t know how! In his insightful and entertaining book, Marvin Brown provides simple, elegant and easy-to-use tools that people can use immediately to meet and talk to anyone, anywhere. The lessons in this book can change lives.

 

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Dr. Richard London Interview

By dave

Clarity from Chaos: Dr. Richard London

Up first – what do you know about D-Day? Dave discusses the momentous invasion of Normandy, France, by the Allies during World War II, which was the largest amphibious assault in military history. Then, our conversation with Dr. Richard London, author of Everything that Ever Was. And finally how fear is tearing America apart.

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What goes boo in the night?

By dave

Fear is the most debilitating four letter word in the English language. We all suffer from it in small or very large ways. The word fear needs to be distinguished from being afraid because they are two very separate things. Being afraid is a very natural response to either an internal or external threat, real or imagined but fear contains a much broader area of discussion.

For the sake of this discussion I am going to speak about our internal fears, such as inadequacy, acceptance, self doubt, lack of self esteem and the like. Now mind you I am not a scholar or a clinical psychologist or medical person of any kind, just someone who has come to recognize fear and its impediment to action.

Let me begin by stating simply and for the record, my biggest fear is self doubt and not measuring up to my father. An explanation is probably in order here. My dad was larger than life, a man who grew up in a blue collar home. He finished high school while in the military and became an electrician after coming home from Korea. He was a man who saw no gray areas in life, only good and bad, right or wrong. In my eyes, he was John Wayne and the Marlboro Man all rolled into one. But he was also a hard man, one who did not express compliments or praise. Consequently, I never really understood if my mere achievements were worthy of merit or not. Hence a very large dose of self doubt, through my teen years and on through my young adulthood.

The hardness my father had instilled in me would be present the day I stood at the foot of his hospital bed and listened to the doctor’s prognosis. The life support system he was on was the only thing keeping him alive. My mom could not bear the news and the decision to end the life support fell to me, the oldest. Knowing my father, his life, and what the right thing to do was, I quietly walked over and turned off the system. At that point, I realized what all the teaching, discipline and hard lessons had been for a reason. They had brought me to this point in time where I had the courage to face my fear and do what was needed.

Now I would be remiss to say that all of my fears disappeared that day because they did not. Being this frail human I suffer from the same fears that everyone else does, but I do know what it takes to overcome them, sometimes successfully and sometimes not so successfully.

If you have reached this point, I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this. I must however offer a disclaimer, this was not written to illict sympathy, nor was it written as some cathartic exercise to remove my own personal demons. It was written to let you know that you are not alone. That the challenges or fears you face, however great or small can be conquered. It is all a matter of choice. You have been given the ability to make those choices. Create the life you want starting now.

Start by looking up and asking GOD for forgiveness. Then ask for courage and grace. Say a prayer every day and say Thank You because you have the ability, if you choose to conquer your fears and bring joy and peace into your life.

More to come….

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